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Posted: March 26, 2024
2024 Women in Construction: Cathy Savino-Berger, Levine Builders
Chief Financial Officer
Levine Builders
“As Chief Financial Officer, Cathy is continuously finding and implementing ways to streamline processes, fostering increased efficiency. Under her leadership, the team has achieved the building of over 14,000 affordable, market-rate and hospitality units, and she has overseen financial reporting of over $2 billion in construction revenue.” - Paul Finamore, Chief Executive Officer at Levine Builders.
What recent project, accomplishment or award are you most proud of? We recently celebrated the topping out of 1057 Atlantic Ave., a 474,000 s/f, 17-story mixed-income residence in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Upon completion, 1057 Atlantic Ave. will deliver 456 residential units, 31,000 s/f of ground-floor retail space and 35,000 s/f of state-of-the-art resident amenity spaces to the community.
What is one of the most exciting developments or innovations impacting the AEC industry right now? All the advancements in technology are allowing us to be more efficient, accurate and collaborative. Our cloud-based management and financial software’s feed information to each other through an ERP connection. This has significantly saved time and errors that can be made when information needs to be duplicated in systems.
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